The Scent of Mother

At night, she gets out of the shower

A scent of alcohol and baby powder

Trailing after her

Smelling like clean and comfort

And sweet dreams and safety

She throws the sheets up in the air

Casting off dust and bed monsters

That whiff of happy

Filling the room

Assuring, protecting, calming

When my tummy aches

When I cry in pain

She fills my lungs

With the scent of magic potions

Vicks vaporub and manzanilla

No medicine's more potent

Than her touch like magic

Her kiss a healing tonic

And the scent of  mommy's love

Chases the pain away

She comes in from the garden

Smelling of sun and soil

Of nature and nurturing

Of green grass and growing things

The biggest wonder

Is that no matter how dusty

And dirty she gets

Her sweat is the scent

Of freshness and health

Of rainbows and garden joy

Nothing in the world

Can smell better

No factory can make

No shop can sell

Nothing can top
Nothing can comfort like
Nothing will replace

That heady scent

That heavenly embrace

Of that perfume called mother